Aceso
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Greek goddess of healing
| Aceso | |
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Goddess of the healing process and curing of sickness | |
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| Parents | Asclepius and Epione |
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Aceso (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσώ) was the Greek goddess of the healing process.[1]
Family[edit]
Aceso was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione, sister of Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle.[2]
Mythology[edit]
Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of a curing rather than the cure itself. Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis).[3] In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea and Iaso.
References[edit]
- ^ Aceso, on Theoi
- ^ Suidas s.v. Epione (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.)
- ^ Nigel Guy Wilson, Encyclopedia of ancient Greece, Routledge, 2005, p.335
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